About this season
Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.
Episodes (12)
1. The Silent Witness
Aired 5 August 1996 • 30 min
Jan 1926; Kathleen Smith meets Jack Derham but her husband Frank is determined to win her back.
2. The Great Romancer
Aired 5 August 1996 • 30 min
1919; Arthur Goslett has two wives, Evelyn and Daisy. Daisy confronts him and he decides to murder Evelyn.
3. Ring of Truth
Aired 12 August 1996 • 30 min
1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to twelve years. His name is finally cleared in 1907.
4. The Golden Goose
Aired 12 August 1996 • 30 min
1909; George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.
5. Murder of a Memsahib
Aired 19 August 1996 • 30 min
Sept 1911; Frances Orme was found dead at the Savoy, in Lucknow. Her friend Eva Stephens is put on trial for poisoning her.
6. A Place of Execution
Aired 19 August 1996 • 30 min
1884; John Lee was due to hang for the murder of Emma Keyse but on three occasions it failed.
7. An Evil Business
Aired 26 August 1996 • 30 min
1560; Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies, scandal threatens the monarchy.
8. Dearest Pet
Aired 26 August 1996 • 30 min
1855 Glasgow; Madeleine Smith is the prime suspect in the murder of Emile L'Angelier, a man considered outside of her class, but whom she had an illicit affair with. L'Angelier is murdered with arsenic, arsenic that Smith was known to purchase.
9. Who's Sorry Now?
Aired 4 October 1996 • 30 min
Jan 1928; Harry Pace dies of arsenic poisoning. His wife Beatrice was released due a lack of evidence and the possibility Harry killed himself.
10. The Woman in Grey
Aired 4 October 1996 • 30 min
February 1882; Esther Pay is tried for poisoning Georgina Moore but acquitted due to faulty evidence.
11. The Monster of Reading
Aired 11 October 1996 • 30 min
1929; American stage actor Philip Yale Drew is accused of murdering a tobacconist, in Reading but he claims to have no memory.
12. The Letter Killeth
Aired 11 October 1996 • 30 min
August 1908; Major General Charles Luard is the prime suspect when his adored and much loved wife Daisy is killed. Charles receives a string of poison pen letters, and is driven to a tragic act.